Under the plans, the home secretary will be given the power to license vessels to carry armed security, including automatic weapons, currently prohibited under firearms laws.

有了这项计划，内政部将为船只提供许可，允许船只搭载武装守卫，和目前在《火器法》中被禁用的自动武器。

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(of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously.

(指轻武器)能够连续的自动填装和开火。

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New laws on assault weapons the semi-automatic firearms that anti-violence advocates deplore and on magazine-size would be more harmful to the gun industry.

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Take, for example, the ban on semi-automatic firearms modeled after military assault weapons proposed by Feinstein, a California Democrat, and backed by Obama.

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Automatic fire capability, not an "evil" look, is what makes assault weapons dangerous -- and automatic firearms have been banned for eighty years.

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